Pressure and vacuum supplying apparatus for testing pressure responsive instruments



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. PRESSURE AND VACUUM SUPPLYING APPARATUS FOR TESTING YREffSURE RESPONSIVE INSTRUMENTS Fil'ed Sept. 25, 1944 9 Sheets-Sheet 9 in)? as/erAe/ trating the parts thereof which function when the apparatus is delivering static air pressure;

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig; '7 but showing the parts for delivering static air pressure of a different range of values from that of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a view similar to a part of Fig. 1 illustrating the parts thereof which function when the apparatus is delivering static vacuum;

Fig. 10 is a view similar to a part of Fig. 1 illustrating the parts thereof which function when the apparatus is delivering static vacuum to an air speed indicator on anaircraft'connected to the static and Pitot conduit lines of the conventional Pitot-static head of the aircraft; 7 I

Fig. 11 is a view generally similar to. Fig. 10 but illustrating the operation of the parts when delivering static vacuum to the altimeter of an aircraft which together with the air speed indicator is connected to the static conduit line of the Pitot-static head of the aircraft;

Fig. 12 is a View similar to a part-of Fig. 1 illustrating the parts thereof which function when the apparatus is delivering static pressure, and in association with an accessory device for testing a rate of climb indicator of an aircraft;

Figs. 13, 14, and 15 are views similar to a part of Fig. 1 but in greatly simplified diagrammatic form to illustrate an underlying principle of my invention by which a pump is caused to deliver oil pressure and air pressure, selectively, in response to the operation of a selector valve, and by which, as in these three views respectively, by-passes are variably throttled to cause the pump to deliver variable oil pressure, variable air pressure, 85

and variable vacuum;

Figs. 16 and 17 are views in simplified diagrammatic form illustrating a modification of the underlying principle of Figs. 13, 14,'and 15.

Referring to' Fig. 1 of the drawing, 1 have shown in broken outline at [2, a control panel on which certain master instruments and valvesand valve operating handles are mounted. I have found it to be convenient in a practical structure for the apparatus of Fig. 1 (tobe more fully described) to be assembled in a box-like structure or frame not shown, of which the panel i2 is the top cover. The control panel valves and theconduit connections thereto would in actual practice be mounted on the underside of the panel and the instruments and valve operating handles on top of it; but for clearness of the description to follow, these parts are shown in solid line, and only the outline of the panel is shown.

There are five indicating master instruments on the panel, at l3 to I! inclusive, the types of which are indicated by the legends thereon; and these instruments are preferably standard aircraft instruments and are known to be reliable and to read correctly.

The control panel valves are designated by reference characters I, 2, 3, 4, 5, I, 8, I0, and l I, and the handles for operating them are designated by these same numbers with the sufiix A. It will be noted that the valve handle 4A is mounted upon the panel l2, but the valve 4 itself has been shown as not on the panel but as mounted upon apparatus that in practice would be under the panel, and is shown as connected to the valve handle tA by a mechanical connection 4B.

Seven normally closed and sealed service couplings are provided, Hi to 24 inclusivathe first six being assembled upon acommon support 25 and disposed at the side of the apparatus, and in practice under the control panel [2 for ready access; the coupling 24 however being separated therefrom for a purpose to be described. These couplings may all be alike and are preferably of a known, self-sealing, quick-connecting-and-disconnecting type.

Each of these known couplings has a female part permanently connected to a corresponding conduit of the system of Fig. 1, and is normally sealed by a valve. A male part of the coupling is connected to a hose or conduit through which fluid pressure or vacuum is to be communicated to an instrument or apparatus to be tested. When the male part is inserted into the female part it opens the valve and is locked or latched (detachably) to the female part. Such couplings being well known and commercial need not be illustrated or further described.

Further, as to the master instruments [3 to H inclusive, they each have an indicating dial scale and a pointer movable thereover, not shown, but are of conventional aircraft design, and preferably have the following indicating ranges.

The manifold pressure instrument 13, callbrated in inches of mercury, normally registers atmospheric pressure, and when subjected to vacuum in the use of the apparatus, will indicate down to approximately 10 inches of mercury, and when subjected to air pressure will indicate up to 75 inches of mercury.

The air speed" instrument I4 will indicate the differential pressures to which it is subjected in the use of the apparatus, corresponding to air speeds up to 700 miles per hour.

The air pressure instrument IE will indicate air pressure up to 25 pounds per square inch.

The oil pressure instrument l6 will indicate oil pressure up to 300 pounds per square inch.

The altimeter instrument, subjected to vacuum in the use of the apparatus, will indicate atmospheric pressure from that at the earths surface up to 50,000 feet altitude, and can be adjusted to the former.

Upon a support 26, are mounted five valves 21 to 3! inclusive, and this support 26 in a practical apparatus would be a part of the said frame under the panel l2, and supporting these valves so as to be accessible from the side. The valves 21 and 30 are air pressure relief valves and the valves 28, 29, and 3| are vacuum relief valves, to prevent the pressure or vacuum from attaining a value higher than a predetermined safe maximum. These valves may be of any known, commercial or suitable construction, and a brief description will therefore be suificient. Each of them is connected by a conduit to the system of Fig. 1, and each of them has a valve element which is normally held closed by a spring, and the pressure or vacuum of the conduit communicating with it is in the direction to open the valve against the spring pressure and effect communication between the conduit and the atmosphere.

7 Each of them is adjustable by adjusting the spring tension, to adjust the pressure or vacuum at which the valve opens.

The pressure and vacuum relief valves 21 and 28 are both associated with the master manifold pressure instrument, and the relief valves 29, 30, and 3| are respectively associated with the master air speed, air pressure and altimeter instruments; and in the operation of the apparatus of Fig. 1, are connected to the air pressure or vacuum developed in the apparatus, only when the corresponding master instrument is so connected and is being used; so that each relief valve c ances operates independently-.0: the others and may have its own individual Tgad-justments, .and this adjustment corresponds to thelanaximum :indiair pressure or -vacuum.

A rotary pump -32 is driven preferably by an electric motor 3- 3 which -;is supplied with current by mains 34-34. The motor-3'3 is preferably a universal motor whereby itmayfloe operated from direct or alternatin eurrent rnains". l he pump '32 may be of any-k'now-n or suitable construction {for the purposes describedjbut is preferably a rotary pump m one the rotor ofwhichjs oil sealed and one which will pump either a-flow of oil or a flow of air, and one which whenpumping oil is capable of developing pressures up to 300 pounds per square incliai idwhen pumping air can develop-25 pounds persquare -inchor'pull a vacuum of 26 inches *of mercury, and 'one having a capacity offl gallonspf oil per minute at 300 pounds per square inch.

A relief lay-pass 35 is provided around the pump 32 in which is a pressure relea se valve 35 of known construction which normally holds the hy-pess closed u w ieh opens itxi e a reason the pressure developed-by thepurnp 32 should attain the top maximum value of 300 p s per square inch to which the val e adjusted.

The pump has an inlet conduit 3] and an output conduit and envrii s s 9r sure soi pre sure in the o tput o duit 38 a e ab o ed o elmineied by nhr sl dome $9 een.n.e, ee to the output conduit, n o we l known con tr ction and operating in a well' known manner.

At 40 is a i reser oi par l fil esiwith o end at 4| i en e r-o lseearat As wi be described, when t e pumps-z'es'iunnns .oihoi may in some ases he dr wni ein the re ervoir 40 end pumped t rou h th condui s tematic e u e to e rese v irt e ump .32 is pumpi g ai he ump her eeled b oil p i to i a a smel ate and the pumped air flows throu h th sep rator 4 w ich a ove h reservoir, an a y oil th may he carried along h the air ,in ninees'uron a pa titi n 4.2 a i sepa d ou and falls n o the reservo r T s oi re e oi ire i s p rato uni may be of'any u abl o known nst uction a d i s n .diasrenimet ea ln aniijits'operati w become a pa ent later.

w of oi to sea the pum while pumpns ai i d a n nto the-pum at its intalse side,

oil in from @the conduit Mandit zfiows upwardly through the bore .45! and :lifts :the valve :48 :and carries the valve upwardly luntil :itsehead .49 engages the lower end of the nipple .56. 'The .oil then flows around the head .49 .of the valve and through the notch .50 andout through :the nipple AB, metering the flow partly by .the size of the notch 50 and partly bythe lsmall cross sectional area of the clearance in the bore .61 around the :valve .4B. When the suction from the pump is discontinued, the valve 48 iallsby gravity to the position illustrated. Thus each time that the pump is caused to pump .air, the valve .48 rises and each time thatthe pumping ot-air is diet rou a mete ing valve; For hi a ve; prei r o e t nstru i n hewninfie- .2-

A valve o si g as a .o isunn1ve nduit.4,4 c d n slowe e d and onn cted with the e e vo r 41!, as sh n nil figendatheurpe end o th h using 4?. has a chamb r 45 therein, t h u per pert oi wh ch is scr wed a nipp 46 which is, h desc bed connected to t intake s de o th ump i pu pi air. The-chambe 4: commu ic te b ahore 4,1 with th con u t 14.. A va ve i flthe m a od havin a :hea 4.5 the eo pro.- vided, the rod 48 being disposed the pore 5,] an t h ad ,9 hormahvresting upon he bottom all of theehamher .14 eve ysmell ele re be ween the od 3 n dhore' f thereby prov d d. A notch 1! p es ded the lower e of t nip l .4 and hereiore the chamber 45.

The suction of the pump at the-nipple'fl 5' draws .continueddt falls, and it thus intermittently reciprocates in the bore 41 and keeps the hore clean and freetrom the variable restriction to the flow which would result if small particles of dust or dirt were to accummulate-in the bore. The net area of the-passageway' for the flower oil through the bore 41 may therefore be very small, and so small in fact that without the intermittent cleaning action of the reciprocating valve 48, it might tend to plug or vary the rate .of now.

At 5| and 52 are normally open, float-closalcle valves connected in the line of certain air flow conduits, and are for the purposes of protecting instruments and other parts of the test apparatus as well as apparatus being tested, against.

flow of oil thereto. If for example an inexper-t operator should put too high a levelof oil in the oil reservoir 4!), then, with the pump pumping air, oil might be picked up by the air lines and carried to parts of the air system, In such .eases these'fioat valves would operate and close the air conduit lines in whichthey are connected, and prevent the flow of oil in them. These float valves may be of any known or suitable construction, the preferred form being shown in Fig. 3, where the float valve 52 is illustrated somewhat diagrammatically.

A housing 5.3 is threaded as at 54 t receiv an air incoming conduit; and is threaded as at .55 to receive an air outgoing'cpnduit. A valve stem 56 is'vertlcally disposed and guided in upper and lower bearings 51 and 5 8 in the housing, and between these hearings is cpl nriected to a float 5,9. The upper end of the stem 56, is conical as at 6.0 and functions as a valve. Air flowing upwardly t i u p "h usi as es out of t e u in through a conical valve seat .51. The float 59 is: normally in the position illustrated and the air flow goes upwardly around it'tlirough the housi s n ugh t va v eat I oi h u d1 ecumulate excessively in the housing Joy being carried in with the air, it will reisethe float 5e a c e he a ve fines heter e l c n reach the valve seat 6! and flQW 01 into the outgoing conduit.

Returning to Fig. 1, at 5,2 is an ,oil filter of vknown c u ti n .io filterins out soli matter, particles of dirt, etc, from the oil on its way to t e pump 32 whe the pum is pum ng 011; and. at 63' is an air filter for filtering and cleaning ai p m ed t the master inst u e s nd ap peratus b n e t d whe th pum is mping air. V

'Iihe hand operated valves referred. to above are shown in Fig. 1 in whatrnay be called a per"- -mal position for the apparatus. The ports of these valves have been illustrated to a scale which makes the type of valve apparent, and they will be more fully described together with the conduits which they control'and not referred to above, in connection with a description ofthe operation of the'apparatus which follows.

As mentioned hereinbefore, the testing apparatus of Fig. 1 can selectively deliver fluid pressure and vacuum to apparatus to be tested; and the fluid pressure can be oil pressure or air pressure. Apart from the type of apparatus to be tested, the capabilities of the testing apparatus may be listed as follows.

It can deliver oil under static oil pressure to an instrument or apparatus through which the oil itself does not flow; or a volumetric flow of oil to an apparatus through which the oil flows under the impulsion pressure from the pump; or a volumetric flow of oil to an apparatus through which the oil is caused to how by being pulled by the intake or suction side of the pump; or static air pressure to an instrument or apparatus through which the air does not flow; or a volumetric flow of air to an apparatus through which the air flows under the impulsion of the pump pressure; or a volumetric flow of air through an apparatus through which it is pulled by the intake or suction side of the pump; or static vacuum to an instrument or apparatus through which the air does not how; and the control of the volumetric flow may in each case be regulated and controlled either by the testing apparatus itself or by controls on the apparatus being tested.

In the following are given examples of these uses of the testing apparatus of Fig. 1, and in order to make more apparent the operation of the apparatus, each of these examples is illustrated in separate figures, Fig. 4 to Fig. 12 inelusive, in which only those parts of Fig. 1 which are in use in each case are illustrated; and these figures while having the same reference characters as Fig. 1, have been in some cases contracted or distorted to reduce the size of the figures.

Static oil pressure, Fig. 4

In this illustrative example, the apparatus 264 to be tested is an oil pressure indicating instrument or pressure gauge. hose or other conduit 265 to the service coupling H3. The valve d is set to the position indicated in Fig. 4 which as referred to above is the so-called normal position. The valves 8 and II are needle valves and are set to open position. The valve lWhiCh is also a needle valve is set, at the start of the test, to open position. The pump 32 is started by starting the motor 33 as described for Fig. 1, and it pulls oil from the reservoir M3, by a conduit 64 connected to a lower part of the reservoir, through the oil filter E2, by a conduit 65 to and through the cross passage 66 of the valve 4 (this passage having a branch 61 which in this position of valve 4 is blocked ofi), and thence by conduits E8 and 69 to the pump intake conduit 31, through the pump and through the output conduit 38, by a conduit it! through the open valve 5, by a conduit H into the air-oil separator 6| above the oil reservoir 40, where it impinges upon the partition 42 and flows downwardly back to the reservoir 40.

A conduit 12 is connected from the pump output conduit 38 to the said service coupling l8.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the open valve 5 is in a conduit by-pass across the output and intake conduits 38 and 37 of the pump, so that the oil flows freely through this by-pass and through the open valve 5, and develops substantially no pressure. It will be also noted that the conduit 12 is connected to the pump output con- It is connected by a 4 8 "duit 38 and consequently at this time has substantially no pressure in it.

The master oil pressure instrument l6 of the testing apparatus is connected to the conduit by a conduit 13 and therefore indicates no pressure.

The valve 5 is now progressively closed to throttle the flow in the said by-pass so that pressure develops in the conduit 10 and the conduit 72, and this pressure is registered both on the oil pressure gauge 264 being tested and on the master instrument [6.

By thus manipulating the valve 5, the gauge 264 may :be caused to register any pressure within its range and this may be compared with the pressure indicated on the master instrument 16 which is known to be correct. If the gauge 264 is an aircraft gage it may be left in the aircraft while this test is being made; and if its indications correspond with those of the master instrument 16, then it is correct. If however its readings differ from those of the master instrument I 9, then the instrument 2% is known to be defective and can be removed from the plane for correction or replacement.

In making this test, a small quantity of oil may be drawn from the reservoir 40 and supplied into the conduit 265 and the gage 264, and thus be subtracted from the closed system, and this may tend to produce vacuum in the conduit 14 which also communicates with the air-oil separator 4|; but the conduit '14 is connected by a conduit 15, through the float valve 52, to conduit I6 and thence to the open needle valve 8, which at 11 is open to the atmosphere, so that no vacuum can develop; and since these conduit lines, although they are connected to the operating system, perform no function, they are indicated in Fig. 4 in dotted line. 7

Similarly vacuum may tend to develop in the conduit 44 communicating with the reservoir 40 and in the conduits l8, I9, 80, and SI, but the latter, since the valve II is open, communicate with the atmosphere at 82 so that no vacuum can develop. A conduit 83 is connected at one end to the conduit 69 and at the other end to the service coupling 23, but since this coupling is closed and sealed, nothing results from this connection.

The developed pressure is communicated to the relief valve 36 and therefore may be increased and decreased at will by the valve 5 in the range from zero up to 300 pounds per square inch for which the relief valve 36 is set.

In some cases it is desirable to make this test on an aircraft apparatus such as an oil pressure gauge, by an operator stationed closely adjacent to the aircraft instrument in its position on the aircraft, and to have a supplemental master pressure gauge with which he can compare the aircraft instrument; and it is also important 5 that the oil in the testing apparatus system generally-shall conform to certain aviation standards, and be kept pure and free from contamination either by oil of a different type in the aircraft apparatus being tested or by impurities in it.

In such cases, the testing apparatus as illustrated in Fig. 4 is supplemented by an accessory testing unit as shown in Fig. 4A where the testing unit is indicated asenclosed within the broken line rectangle 84.

This testing unit may be variously constructed as to its details, and is therefore shown somewhat diagrammatically in Fig. 4A, and comprises in general a housing 85 having a conduit passageway 85 therethrough controlled by a three-way valve 75 81 and a one-way valve 88. The valve 81 also controls ahondurtline 89 communicating with an oil receptacle 91] having a vent to atmosphere at El. .A coupling .92 is provided by 'whicha conduit 265 may .be connected from the passageway 8.5 tQrthe. service coupling 1 8.0nthetes'ting.apparatus. Acoupling .5315 provided at the other .end ofthe passageway .85 by which .-a ,conduit 79 i .may connect it .to the instrument-{or .oil pressure .gauge 95 to be tested. Amaster instrument 9B isatall times in communication with the passageway 8.6 through a.conduit 9 1. .Asshowmand proceeding from the coupling .212, the valve 81, the valvefES and-conduit S9! to the instrument at are disposed in the order here named.

To test the oil pressure -gauge I95 by .using this testing unit, the testingapparatus ofFi-g. vlQisput into .the condition of .Fig. 4 and for that reason only the extreme right hand .parts thereof have been reproducedin Fig. 4A.

Before starting thepumpgthe valve 8.1 is set to the position illustrated .in .Fig. 4A which blocks off the receptacle 90,.and the Ifull pressureof the pump when started develops .in the passageway 86 being blocked ofi at the valve 88. In this connection it will be notedfrom thedescription of Fig. 4,'t|1'12|t3if the valves!) :he'closed this ;pressure willgo on increasing up to therrelieilimit .of the :pump 3.2, =-but optionally :a lower maximum .may Joe preselected for the test :by positioning the valve 5 tojinidicate a ilesser -pressure on itsoil pressure .master instrument ['6 of :1.

Thevalve 88 is .now 'turned to allow oil under rpressure .to pass-it, and :the pressure will .be reg- .istered IbQt'h ion "the testing unit instrument 95 and on the zaircraft'instrumerrt -95 and readings or the :two :may be compared. The pressure tothe instruments :may be admitted slowly by the valve Bli and then cut off :by again closing the valve :.88 to :bring the indicating pointers ."of -the instru- /ments 95 and 951th rest for comparison; and :in this way the entire :ascending scale :of the unstrument 95:1nay tested point point. The *valve "8? may now be turne'dito the position indicated :in .Fig. AB. .This blocks rofi :the :approach pressure from the pump and connects the receptacle 98 :to the instruments r9 6 sand 95, and allows -:oil to return :or :drain into :the :receptacle '99. .By closingand theniopening the'valve-lifl, the descendingfindications :on rthe instruments 95' and'95 mayttbe successively:determinedand compared.

Any impurities or oil ip'rop'erties foreignxto the coil in the "testing apparatus of Fig. 51 will be prevented contaminating the latter by being caught :inthetre'ceptacie 99 from which it'may he :drained or discharged at a discharge .outlet .95 afterzthe'test unit has been "disconnectedifrom the main system et the completion of thetest.

Volumetric .oil flow, Fig. 55

A :test of this class would :as an zexample be ;a component only pf an :automatic .pilot hydraulic servo :unit, as 'a closed system without vent to the atmosphere. supplt conduit-=99 for the .apparatus'to he tested and shown diagrammatically at H38, is -.connected-to the service-coupling i6; and ltoreturn the oil to the ,pump system, a

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in the conduits HLand t2 and ,causes oil to fiow to the tested "apparatus F00 and by conduit am back to the .reservoir 4D, variably:as"the valve 5 is manipulated, and tnepressure may 'beread on the master instrument Hi. In some eases, the valve 5 can be closed 'ahfileft closed, and the flow of oil :andpres'siirie would "then be adjusted for tests, at the apparatus 100.

illnlumetrie io'il flow, My." 6

In some instances, the apparatus to he tested, for example an'fla "topfldt hydraulicservo unit and its'accessories as,onthefairdraftyincludingits'own oil sump "andventto atmosphere and relief valve, and indicated diagrammatically at l 02 in Fig. 6, is an apparatus in which the pressure "and rate of oil wflow through itr etcq afre controlled at the tested apparatus itse'li, andthepre'ssure indicated on 'itsown gage. Fo'ra volumetric-oilfiow test of this type, the "input tofthe ,testedap'paratus is connectedby'a conduit F08 tothesrvice coupling l8 .and' an {outlet oc'znitluit W4 jthereirom is connejctedto "theservice xouplm'gfl. The valve flis se't tothe position shownin Fig. '6 "by which'the ductffifi blocks the pump -conduits t8 and 6'9 from ,the rest of the apparatus. The valve "5 is closed as shown, but the :conduit 70 is still connectedtotheimaisterjpressureinstrument at 3.

Upon "starting up thepumfiby its motor, oil is circulated from the joiltpflit conduit '38, through the conduit", andfthence through the tested apparatus I02, .antlbahk to the pum t'by the conduits 583 and $9. g I

While asstated the coiitrblidf the now will in this cascbe controlled .andits pressure indicated at the tested apparatus T02, pressure developed willl-indicalte .2150 Jon "the master instrument !3 of the testing apparatus.

'Staficuirmmsure,wigs. and 8 In Iig. v .is 1liustrated "the use of the "testing apparatus of Fig.1 ilnftesting an air pressure .operated apparatus,;for example the 'air pressure of an airplane 'de-"icei apparatus, 105. To "set :the a'pparatusofFig. I Iorfthis .test, the valves are set 'tothe position's Tshown'inmgf'Lithe position for the valve '4 beingfthatjwhich causes the pump v is conheated by .a c'oriduit to the coupling "2t. "it will be noted that the valvei in the position illusltratedha's cutoff the oilsiipply conduit $65.

Upon starting the j'motor "32, air lis drawn by the pu lthrou'ghjthe open waivev I] at'saand conduit ID! is connected at one end to the apsame as .for Fig.4.

'With the valve 5 open, oils flows through the hy pass Flt-m, etc., asdescr'ibed for'Fig. 4. The

valve Emay be manipulated to throttle the flow through this 'by-a-pass, and; pressure then develops;

Al byconduits 14 by conduits! 30,; through the float valve 5i, by conduit 19, through llihe valve 4- to the conduits B8 and geisginto pump at intake conduit 31-, out at .the umpicut put conduit 38,193 conduit 1!]. to and thtdug'hth open valve 15, by conduit 'TI to andith ioiigh theaair-oil separator and 315 through the .float .valve 52, and by coridu'itlIS ,thr'ough .Zthe ,open .valve -8 and thence out .to atmosphere at 11.

Ellhere will .inevita'blylhe .some .cresistance .to the .fiow. on the .p're'ssuresideloi. .the pump .and .on the intake .sideiof othe'pump so that there .will be an efiective SllCtin.fll.CQndllit.-liri8 .13. which is connected. to; the me,tening .va1ve 43, and .oil .is drawn .theret-hrough from .the .reservoir, doy .conduit 44, conduit I8 and valve A .and .conduit .68 to the pump, andat a suificient metered mate .tomaintainitsoil seal. I from the conduit '16 Lat .its juncture with the valve-B a conduit ll) 'ads throughtheair filter iatitoaconduitjmueadin 'ieaecnuuit its, to the valve 2 in its position of Fig. 7. From the valve 2 a conduit I09 connects with conduit H and I I I, the conduit I I0 leading to the manifold pressure relief valve 21 and the conduit III leading by way of valve I to a conduit H2 which connects with conduits H3 and H4, the conduit l I3, leading to the master manifold pressure instrument I3 and the conduit H4 leading to the service coupling 20 to which the instrument I05 to be tested is connected.

A conduit I I5leads from the juncture of conduits BI and 80 (above the valve II to a conduit H6 at the valve 3, and thence by a conduit III to the valve 2, but these conduits are rendered ineffective by the positions of the valves 2 and 3 and hence are shown in dotted line.

With the pump going, air enters as described from the atmosphere at the valve II and is discharged back into atmosphere at the valve 8; and the valves I I and 8 and the atmosphere thus constitute a by-pass around the pump. The valve 8 is now gradually closed, throttling this bypass by constricting the outlet to atmosphere, and

as a consequence, pressure develops in the conduit system I I36 to H4 inclusive, the pressure being indicated on the manifold pressure master instrument I3 and registering on the gage I05. The more the valve 8 is closed the higher will this pressure be and the higher will the readings be on the instruments I3 and I05 and they may therefore be compared point by point. Upon gradually lowering the-pressure by opening the valve 8, descending readings can be compared. To protect both instruments, the manifold pressure relief valve 2! is set to relieve the pressure at a suitable value referred to above.

A leak test may be made on the gage I05, by first raising the pressure at the valve 8 until the gage I05 reads a high value, and then turning the valve I tothe closed position, cutting off the communication of pressure thereto and holding the pressure in the conduits I I2, I I3, and H4 and in the instruments I3 and I05.

In the line of the conduit I6 leading to the valve 8, is provided an adjustable restriction by means of a screw H8 projecting into the conduit. This is provided for two general purposes. If the valve 8 in making the aforesaid test were suddenly opened wide, the rush of air into and through the float valve 5| or the float valve 52 might cause the float 59 of the valve (see Fig. 3) to be lifted and close the valve 60-6I before the pressure on each side of the float could become equalized.

This restriction I I8 alsoinsures that there will be at least a minimum pressure in the conduit I6 and therefore in the conduits I5, H9, I4, and the interior of the oil reservoir 40 and air-oil separator 4| to insure that there will be some pressure to cause the metering of oil through the metering valve 43 to the pump.

In some cases the instrument to be tested Will have a greater indicating range of pressure than that of the gage I05, in which cases it is desirable to use the master air' pressure instrument I5 of Fig. 1. In such a case, the apparatus would be set as in Fig. 8. The instrument to be tested, in this case I20, is connected to the service coupling I9, the valves 5, '8, I I, and 3 are the same as in Fig. 7, but the valves 1 and 2 are set to the positions shown in Fig. 8.

The conduit I08 is now ineffective being blocked oif at the valve 2. The valve 1 being open, there is now a connection from the conduit It! to a conduit I 2I, through the valve 1, to a conduit I22 to the air pressure master instrument I5, and thence by conduit I23 to the service coupling IS.

The rest of the system will be seen to be the same as that of Fig. 7. When the valve 8 variably throttles the said air I -pass, pressure develops in the conduits I05, I01, I2I to I23 inclusive and is communicated to the instrument I20, and its readings may be compared with the readings on the master instrument I5. With the instruments indicating a high value of pressure, then upon closing the valve 7, the pressure is locked in the instruments and if there is leak, it will be indicated by descending readings on the instrument scales.

The air pressure relief valve 35 is connected by a conduit I24 to the pressure side of the valve 8 by way of conduits I5 and it and will open to protect the system if the pressure exceeds the value for which is set. While this relief valve 30 is also connected to the. system in the same way when used for testing as in Fig. 7, it is then ineffective because it is set for a higher value than the manifold pressure relief valve 2?.

Static pacuum, Fig. 9

An illustrative apparatus to be tested by static vacuum is a manifold pressure gage or any other absolute pressure instrument. The apparatus to be tested is shown diagrammatically at I25 in Fig. 9, and is connected by a conduit I26 to the service couplin 20. 'The valves are set to the positions illustrated in Fig. 9, valve 4 being in the selected position to cause the pump to pump air. The valves 8 and I! are both open at the start. The pump 32 pumps air, drawing it in from the atmosphere through the valve II at 82 and through conduits 8i and 80, through the float valve 5!, and thence through the valve l, and conduits 68 and 69 and the pump intake conduit 31, and out at the pump output conduit '38,

through conduit I0, valve 5, conduit H, through the air-oil separator AI, through conduits M, and I5 and float valve 52 through conduit 16 and thence to the valve 8, and out to atmosphere at 11.

The valve I I is now progressively closed and as a consequence vacuum develops in the conduit BI and this vacuum is communicated through the conduit H5, through the valve 2 to the conduits H0 and III, and through the valve I to conduits H3 and H4. The vacuum in the conduit III] is communicated to the vacuum pressure relief valve 28, and the vacuum in the conduit I I 3 actuates the master instrument I3; and vacuum in the conduit H4 is communicated through the service coupling 20 to the apparatus I25 to be tested. As the valve II is progressively closed, the instrument I3 and the tested apparatus I25 indicate higher and higher vacuum, being protected against too high a vacuum by the relief valve 28; and as the valve II is progressively opened again, the vacuum decreases. Ascending and descending readings may therefore be made on the master instrument I3 and apparatus I25. For a fairly high reading on the instruments, the valve I may be closed to check for leaks as referred to hereinbefore.

When the pump, as described, pumps air, and it is drawn in from the atmosphere at the valve I I and discharged back to atmosphere at the valve 8, the valves 8 and I I and the atmosphere constitute a by-pass across the pump. When the valve II is progressively closed it throttles this by-pass and vacuum in the system develops as a consequence. This by-pass is therefore the same bycrafiaandcsubjectedz atzits :OiIhGIZ'SifiBE to; pressure produced by the-fortvlardimovement, these presesuresebeinaprdvid'edrbv azEitot staticl-headzornthe imiwardi parts: of; the. aircraft; 8.11C11thi5i head" and theconduit connectionsti ereto as conventionally employed: is: shown". diagrammatically: Fig-L 13) 21321128.. Theheadcempriseszaclosed-chamberror housing; I29; communicating with the: outside atmosphere. through; ports: I.30-I3I1,- whereby the chamber is; under: said; static: atmospheric: pres":- sure: The: openendzofca-Bitot tube: I3 I: projects forwardly frmn: thechamber and theinterionrof the tubeds therefnreasubjected'tmthaair: pressure caused by the forwardispeed ofitheaircraft; A

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1 2313765 I I iandlbeingv dischargedrat'the :valvezIli. The

positions act the =val ves 2 and 1 are such thatzthey lileek offthesystem beyond the valve ai As the valve-H is progressivelyclosed; vacuum develops in the conduit 8 1i and this is communicated tln'ougirthe open-valve l Il toconduitsI fl 'and I46,

to'tiieaccessory I38, to-the static: line the conduit I445. communicating; 'thevacuum through: a: conduit: [46; I to; the static side, of the airspeed master: instrument I4-, and the conduit I45 communicatingitheivacuum to theqservice coupling: 22'; andthence: by: the hose: I940. to: the statics pressure: chamber I29; and, thence. by the st'ati'cslinee Ith to the. static: side of the. aircraft air speed indicator I211,

Themasterrainspeedzinstrument I'4:has=its-P-itot orpressuresidezconnected by'conduits I41 andg'l48 to: atmosphere; through. a passageway [4 9- and; a portzlfimofftheevalve 3.;and the Pitot or' pressure sidescffthe: aircraft: airi-speedindicator: I21: is also. connected; to atmosphere :-through the, Pitott line I353 .tube;- I 3 lgvhosee I 473; .to servicecoupling; 21 and by; conduit; Ihrl: to: conduit I48 and: to the: said atmosphere vent? [5950f the valve-3.,

Thel-airzspeed-spressure. relief valve 29ilimitsthe vacuum thatlzmayz'be attained to protect the ine strumentminithistest, and it is connected .by conduiin I535 throng-In the 'mai'npassages of: valve; 3; to thee vacuumeline.- I15: which: is: connected to: the vacuum"; conduit 81;

The altimeter vacuum relief valve::3 -I- is also connected to; the vacuum by conduit IBM but. is: ineffective because; its relief: vacuum valueziszhigherzthanlthatf oi thevalve- 2.9.,

Witinthesaboves connections; xuponaclosingg down the: valve II: to; progressively develop vacuum,

readings; om the:v master instrument: I14- and the aircraftrinstrumenh I21 may be compared, ascendeingior: descending; ashas'heen referredltothereinbefore ;.:and:the;valve: liflgmay be closed to, lock; the vaouumiinathainstrumentssto: test ion-leaks,

I'GWfll'ZbGiObSBU/Bdffihflb both,- the. master altimeter instrument-I21 and' theeaircraft:altimeter I36 are-,during this test; subjected. to vacuum, and theycmay: be; read; tcn test. the: altimeter I35; but only up to the degree ofzvacuunrtowhichtheair:- speed instruments are subjected during the test.

Static vacuum,,altimeter test; Fig. 11'' This test is made upon the altimeter of the aircraft and is capable of testing: it to: indicated altitudes of 50,000 feet. The operation of the testingapparatus itself taproduce:testingsvacuum and ail' of the connections theretowilhbe thesame as for the= air "speed instrument. test of: Fig; 10 above descriiied; with theexceptionlofthe;position of the valves; and therefore only apart-of the testing: apparatus needs to :be' shown in Figs II; to he understood. I valve 3 is: set to: the position shown in Fig. 1'1 and' uponoperation of the pump,- vacuum develops inthe conduit lines I44 and M5; The conduit? I-M- communicates vacuum to the master altimeter instrument IT and by conduit; I45: to thestatieside of the air spcedmaster instrument M} and this samevacuum is communicated through theconduit I-5'2 throughthe valve 3 in the position illustrated and byconduits I48 and I41 to the other of the air speed; master instrument- M; so that' this instrument is not operated oraficted by-the"vacuum; and the vacuum to operatethealtimeten instrument I! maytherefore be raised to a degree which might'otherwise injure the speed instrument;

Vacuum=- the conduit ii'ne hi5 is communicater 120* the service-coupling 22': and by hose I39 I32- 01 the aircraft as descr-ibed for Fig; 1'0; and then'ce to the air-crate altimeter" let, and" also to the static side cf-the air speecl indicator-11 3 and the other side ofithe aii speed indicator is-conneoted byconduit li-lfiglhitot tuhe I31 accessorys'l MC, hose; I143: to the service coupling 2I, and by conduits I5I and I48, valve 3, and conduit I52 to the vacuum line I46 I44; so that both sides of the aircraft air speed indicator are also subjected to equal vacuum and it is thereby also protected against injury. The altimeter vacuum relief valve 3| is connected to the vacuum source by conduit line I54, but the air speed vacuum relief valve 29, which is set for a lower vacuum relief, is cut off at the valve 3.

With the pump pumping air, and upon closing down the valve II, vacuum is developed, and the vacuum is indicated on the master altimeter instrument I1 and the aircraft altimeter I36, indicating altitudes; and because the air speed instruments are not affected by the vacuum, the altitude indications can be raised by increasing the vacuum at the valve I I to 50,000 feet, the pump being capable of producing the degree of vacuum corresponding to this altitude. Both rising and descending readings on the master altimeter I1 and the aircraft altimeter I36 may be made and compared, and again upon closing the valve II) a blocking ofi or leakage test may be made on the instruments.

I am aware that it has heretofore been proposed to test aircraft altimeters and air speed indicators which are normally both operated by their conduit connections with a Pitot-static tube or head, but so far as I am aware I am the first to propose the testing of the altimeter, having such connections, in the upper part of its altitude range without first having to disconnect the air speed indicator from the Pitot-static head; and so far as I am aware I am the first to propose protecting the air speed indicator from the high vacuum at which the altimeter is tested, by'subjecting' both sides of it to the same pressure or vacuum while maintaining its normal operative connections with the Pitot-static head.

Air flow, vacuum, rate of climb indicator test, Fig. 12

In making this test, vacuum is developed by the testing apparatus and is communicated to the rate of climb indicator on the aircraft and also to a master rate of climb instrument, and the vacuum is increased and decreased by a control valve. The two instruments respond simultaneously to the increase and decrease of vacuum; and by comparing the rate at which the readings on the aircraft climb indicator increase or decrease as compared with the rate at which the indications on the master climb instrument increase or decrease, the accuracy of the aircraft climb indicator be tested. It has been found desirable therefore to have the master climb instrument closely adjacent to the aircraft climb indicator because their readings are compared while their readings are changing, and the operator must be ableto observe both of them at the same time or nearly so. For this reason, a rate of climb testing unit is provided which may be taken up into the aircraft by the operator, and vacuum is supplied by the testing apparatus of Fig. 1, from outside the aircraft.

The test unit is indicated diagrammatically in Fig. 12 at I55 and may comprise any suitable structure supporting a master rate of climb instrument I56 and a vacuum changing operators valve I51. A conduit I58 in the unit has couplings I59 and I60 at its ends, and between the couplings it is connected to the master instrument I56 by a conduit I6I and the control valve I51 connects the conduit I58 to the atmosphere 16 at 162 as shown, under the control of a valve handle I51A.

A conduit or hose I63 connects the coupling I59 on the test unit with the service coupling 22 on the testing apparatus; and a conduit or hose I64 connects the coupling I60 on the test unit with the rate of climb indicator I31 on the aircraft.

In making the connection from the hose 1 64 to the aircraft climb indicator I31, the latter is of course first disconnected from its static conduit line (I32, Fig. 10) on the aircraft. Inasmuch as tests of the air speed'indicator I21 and the altimeter I36 of the aircraft, may be in process at this same time and as described for Figs. 10 and 11, the above described interconnection of the testing apparatus, the testing unit, and the aircraft climb indicator, maybe made if preferred as in the following brief description with reference to Fig. 10, and it will be understood by those skilled in this art without further illustration. A hose connection is made from the coupling 22 on the testing apparatus to the static line of the aircraft; the conduit connection from the static line to the rate of climb indicator I31 of the aircraft is disconnected from the indicator and connected by hose to the coupling I59 of the test unit; and the climb indicator I31 itself is then connected by the said hose connection I64 to the coupling I60 of the test unit.

The arrangement of the connections and valves of the testing apparatus for this test are as shown in Fig. 12. When the pump is running, it pumps air in' at the valve II and out at the valve 8 as described hereinbefore for vacuum tests (Figs. 10 and 11); and when the valve II is closed down, vacuum develops in the conduit 8|.

' At the start of the test, the valve I0 is in the closed position (not the open position shown) and the vacuum is communicated through the conduits II 5 and H1, through the valve 2 to the conduits III) and III, and thence (by conduit III!) to the manifold vacuum relief valve 28, and (by conduit III) through valve I to conduit H3 and to the manifold pressure master instrument I3. The valve I I is now manipulated until the vacuum indicated'on' the instrument I3 is approximately that represented by 15 inches of mercury whereby a suitable maximum' vacuum to make the test is established.

The valve I0 is now opened to the position shown, communicating this vacuum to the conduits I44 and I45. These conduits both being subjected to vacuum, the altimeter master instrument I1 may indicate, although this is incidental, and the air speed master instrument I4 is subjected to vacuum at one side, through conduit I45, but this is neutralized by the connection from the other side of the instrument I4 through the conduits I41 and I48 and through the valve 3 and by conduit I52 to the first named side of the instrument; so that the air speed master instrument is protected, and does not indicate.

The vacuum in the conduit I 45 is communicated through the service coupling 22 and hose or conduit I63 to the conduit I58 of the test unit, and thence to the master climb instrument I56 of the test unit, and to the aircraft climb indicator I31. The valve I51 on the test unit is at this time wide open, so that both the climb instrument and the climb indicator are now indicating zero.

The operator now begins to close the valve i 51 and positions are reached at which the instrument and indicator both indicate higher and higher up readings; and the readings on the aircraft climb indicator I31 may be compared air supply conduit;

19 Withthe pump pumping oil as in Fig. 16, it flows from the reservoir 40, through oil supply line G, through thevalve 4, valve ll, air-oil line J, pump 32, air-oil line I and valve to the atmosphere above the oil in the reservoir; and when the pump is pumping air as in Fig. 17 the air flows over the same path except that it flows in the air supplyline H instead of the oil supply line G.

When air is being pumped (Fig. 17), the valve 5 may be operated to throttle the air flow to develop air pressure in the line I on the output side of the pump, for testing an apparatus K; or the air flow may be throttled at the valve II to develop vacuuminthe line J on the intake side of the pump fortesting an apparatus L.

When oil is being pumped (Fig. 16) the oil flow may be throttled at the valve 5 to develop oil pressure in the line I on the pump output side to test an apparatus M; or the oil flow may be throttled at the valve II on thepunnp intake side to develop oil suction for testing an apparatus N.

My invention is not limited to the particular tests illustrated and described above, nor to the setting of the valves, adjustments, and controls illustrated and described for these particular tests. Nor is my invention limited to exactly the parts, arrangement of the valves, servicecouplings, system of conduit connections, etc, illustrated'and described for Fig. 1. Change and modifications may bemade by those skilled in this art without departing from the spirit of my invention, as is exemplified by the modification of Figs. 16 and 17, and my invention is therefore comprehensive, of all such "modifications and changes which come within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim: I

1. A testing apparatus for selectively delivering adjustably variable oli pressure, air pressure and vacuum to apparatus to be tested, comprising: a pump; intake and'output conduit connected to the pump; an oil supply conduit and an atmospheric-air supply conduit; an oil containing reservoir; said oil supply conduit being in communication with said reservoir; a fluid selector valve for connecting the pump intake conduit to the oil supply conduit and to the atmospheric-air supply conduit selectively to cause the pump to supply oil and air selectively to the output conduit; conduit means providing an oil by-pass from the pump output conduit to the oil reservoir, and an air by-pass from the pump output conduit to the air supply conduit through the atmosphere; connections for apparatus to be tested by'oil pressure and air pressure for conmeeting said apparatus; to the pump output conduit; connections for apparatus to be tested by air vacuum for connecting said apparatus to the and selectively operable throttle valve means for variably throttling the oil by-pass, and the air by-pass at the pump output conduit sideand at the air supply conduit side of theatmosphere.

' 2-. A testing apparatus for selectively delivering adjustably variable oil pressure; air pressure and vacuum to apparatus to be tested,- comprising:' a pump; intake and output conduits connected tothe pump; an oil supply conduit and an atmospheric-air suppl conduit; an oil containing reservoir; said oil supply conduit being in communication with said reservoir; a fluid selector valve having a position in' which itconmeets the oil supply conduit to the pump-intake conduit and blocks off the air supply conduit; and

a position in whichit connects the air supply conduit tothe pump intake conduit and blocks ofi the oil supply conduit; to cause the pump to supply oil and air selectively to the output conduit; conduit means providing an oil by-pass from the pump output conduit to the oil reservoir, and an'air by-pass from the pump output conduit to the air supply conduit through the mosphere; connections for apparatus to be tested by oil pressure and air pressure for connectingsaid apparatus to the pump output conduit; con-- nections for apparatu 'to be tested by air va uum for connecting said apparatus to the air supply conduit; a first adjustable throttle valve in the oil by-pass, a'second adjustable throttle valve in the air by-pass between the atmosphere and the pump output conduit, and a third adjustable throttle valve adjacent the entrance of the air supply conduit.

3.'A testing apparatus for selectively delivering adjustably variable oil pressure and air pressure to apparatus to be tested comprising: a pump; intake and output conduits connected to the pump; an oil supply conduit and an atmospheric-air supply conduit; an oil containing reservoir; said oil supply conduit being in com munication with said reservoir; a fluid selector valve for connecting the oil supply conduit to the pump intake conduit and concurrently block ing 011 the air supply conduit, and for connecting the air supply conduit to the pump intake con- "duit and concurrently blocking off the oil supply conduit; to cause the pump to supply oil and air selectively to the output conduit; conduit means providing an oil by-pass from the pump output conduit to the oil reservoir, and an air by-pass from the pump output conduit to the air supply conduit through the atmosphere; conduit connec-- tions for apparatus to be tested by oil pressure and air pressure for connecting the apparatus to the pump output conduit; an adjustable throttle valve in the oil by-pass, and an ad justable throttle valve in the air by-pass between the atmosphere and the pump output conduit.

4. A testing apparatus for selectively delivering adjustably variable air pressure and vacuum to apparatus to be tested comprising: a pump; intake and output conduits connected to the pump; an atmospheric-air supply conduit connected to the intake conduit; conduit means providing a by-pass from the pump output conduit to the air supply conduit through the atmosphere; conduit connections for apparatus to be tested by air pressure for connecting the apparatus to the pump output conduit; conduit connections for apparatus to be tested by vacuum for connecting'said apparatus to the air supply conduit; an adjustable throttle valve in the by-pass between the atmosphere and the pump output conduit and an adjustable throttle valve adjacent the en-- trance of the air supply conduit.

5. A testing apparatu for selectively delivering adjustably variable oil pressure, air pressure and vacuum to apparatus to be tested, comprising: a pump; intake and output conduits connected to V the pump; an oil supply conduit and an atmospheric-air supply conduit; an oil containing reservoir; said oil supply conduit being in communication with said reservoir; a fluid selector valve having a position in which it connects the oil supply conduit to the pump intake conduit and blocks off the air supply conduit, and a position in which it connects the air supply conduit to the pump in take conduit and blocks 01f the oil supply conduit,

.to'cause the pump to supply oil and air selectively 

